Andrew Hesseltine, MD
Pain Medicine · Colton, CANPI 1467438036
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.2%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 43.1% of the total. Among pain medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 752 payments — averaging $41.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$14K
- Medtronic$5K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$577
- plus $7K from 54 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5640.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$10K
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,52518%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,90022%
- Travel & lodging$1,0403%
- Food & beverage$18,02757%
- Education$190%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$9,115
- ADAPTIVESTIM$2,500
- Omnia$1,852
- Intracept$894
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$561
- Senza$486
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$387
- PROCLAIM$265
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$265
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$252
- PAINTEQ$190
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$172
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$171
- Evoke$149
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$139
How this compares
$31,510 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $851 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 25 | $501 |
| Gabapentin | 34 | $370 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 16 | $238 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 17 | $231 |
| Baclofen | 13 | $160 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $111 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $109 |
| Topiramate | 15 | $92 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Colton
- Jiensup KimColton$26K
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.3M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$783K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$499K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$494K
- Gerald SacksSanta Monica$389K
- Samir ShethRoseville$356K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.